The State Department's entire senior management team just resigned  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's job running the State Department just got considerably more difficult.  The entire senior level of management officials resigned Wednesday, part of an ongoing mass exodus …

The peso is tumbling after Mexico's president said he wouldn't meet with Trump  —  The peso was tumbling Thursday after Mexico's president, Enrique Peña Nieto, announced he had canceled a meeting scheduled for next week with President Donald Trump.  —  The peso was down by 1.2% at 21.3175 per dollar as of 11:57 a.m. ET.

Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's chief White House strategist, laced into the American press during an interview on Wednesday evening, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” …

It turns out Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner is also registered to vote in two states  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and one of his closest White House advisers, is registered to vote in both New Jersey and New York, according to elections officials and voting registration records …

Alex Jones Says Infowars Has Been Invited To Trump's White House Press Briefings  —  ALEX JONES: He keeps saying CNN is fake, and I'm not going to any of your fake news.  What's CNN doing in the front row, when [White House press secretary Sean] Spicer keeps going to them?

TRANSCRIPT: ABC News Anchor David Muir Interviews President Trump  —  ABC News “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir interviewed President Donald Trump in the White House.  The following is a transcript of the interview:  —  DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, it's an honor to be here at the White House.

Dems to David Brock: Stop Helping, You Are Killing Us  —  As David Brock attempts to position himself as a leader in rebuilding a demoralized Democratic Party in the age of Trump, many leading Democratic organizers and operatives are wishing the man would simply disappear.

The Doomsday Clock's Most Dire Warning Since the Cold War  —  The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced Thursday that the Doomsday Clock now stands at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, suggesting that existential threats now pose a greater danger to humanity than they have at any time since the height of the Cold War.

Dallas ISD teacher in hot water over faux-assassination of Trump with toy gun  —  UPDATED: Dallas ISD has placed Payal Modi, an art teacher at Adamson, on administrative leave Thursday afternoon.  —  A Dallas ISD teacher has been placed on administrative leave by the district for posting …

Democrats launch scorched-earth strategy against Trump  —  What began as a high-minded discussion about how to position the Democratic Party against President Donald Trump appears to be nearing its conclusion.  The bulk of the party has settled on a scorched-earth, not-now-not-ever model of opposition.

Compromise doesn't work with our political opponents.  When will we learn?  —  In Chelsea Manning's first column since her commutation, she writes that Barack Obama's legacy is a warning against not being bold enough  —  Barack Obama left behind hints of a progressive legacy.

A Conversation With Kellyanne Conway: “I'm the Face of Trump's Movement”  —  The president's counselor — now the most powerful (and ridiculed) woman in America — talks ‘SNL,’ “alternative facts,” the “public cesspool” of Twitter and the apoplectic, outraged media: “I can go on any show at any time.”

Americans Think Trump Will Be Worst President Since Nixon  —  PPP's newest national poll finds Donald Trump continuing to fare poorly with the public in his first week in office.  Voters split evenly in their appraisals of his job performance with 44% approving and 44% disapproving of him.

A Lie by Any Other Name  —  This is not a presentation of “alternative facts,” whatever that may mean, as Kellyanne Conway, President Trump's mistress of misdirection, posited over the weekend.  —  These are lies; good old-fashioned lies, baldfaced and flat-out lies.

Elon Musk Floated the Idea of a Carbon Tax to Trump, an Official Says  —  Issue raised at White House meeting this week on manufacturing  —  Idea has been backed by secretary of state nominee Tillerson  —  Tesla Motors Inc. founder Elon Musk is pressing the Trump administration to adopt …

Drew Carey — That Was His Kid Fueling the Fire At D.C. Trump Protest  —  Drew Carey's son is the mystery kid from the Trump protest who claimed he started a bonfire and yelled, “Screw our president” ... TMZ has learned.  —  News footage of the boy went viral after the inauguration eve protest …

Shia LaBeouf is ARRESTED live on camera during anti-Trump livestream after ‘getting in a fight with a passing protester’  —  Shia LaBeouf was led away in handcuffs after a spat during an anti-Trump protest.  —  The Hollywood actor was arrested by NYPD officers during his ‘He will not divide us’ live stream …

Official: Border Patrol Chief Tells Agents He Was Forced Out  —  The Border Patrol chief has been forced out a day after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious plan to build a wall at the Mexican border and hire 5,000 Border Patrol agents, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Thursday.